Clad in all kinds of ornate and beautiful colors, the butterfly is a winged insect that flies from flower to flower, consuming the rich, sugary nectar inside. There are nearly 20,000 species of ...

We are all used to seeing caterpillars hide themselves away and emerge as butterflies or moths, but the species featured in ...

Mid-sized among the fritillaries is the Atlantis fritillary with black on the wing edges, white spots beneath; it is at the ...

These large butterflies do not migrate like monarchs. They glide through fields and farmlands and frequent urban landscapes.

The further south you go, the bigger the bugs. Heat has a dramatic effect on the growth rate of some species, and North ...

Papilio is a picture book told in three parts about three stages of a butterfly's life (there are really four stages but egg ...

Have you see all the butterflies in our landscapes recently? Butterflies in the local area seem to be extremely plentiful ...

It’s hard not to be dazzled by the bright yellow butterflies fluttering around the Inland Northwest these days. Not only are they striking in color, but they’re among the biggest butterfly species in ...

There are more than 120 species of butterflies in western Pennsylvania, and the North American Butterfly Association wants ...

When Entomophaga grylli infects locusts or grasshoppers, they climb to the tops of plants before their death. The zombie-ant fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis infects ants and controls their ...

Around this time last year, my wife noticed some black spots on the parsley and dill growing in our garden at home. I didn’t think much of it – the dots looked like bird droppings to me – but my wife ...

Not all bugs are bad. In fact, some can benefit your garden. So don't be so quick to try to get rid of every insect you see crawling on your plants. Some are not pests. Many are actually hardworking ...